


Sabine Hornig
Passage through Presence
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| Author(s) | Nicholas Baume, Barbara Flynn, Mark Gisbourne, Marcus Steinweg |
| Design | Dirk Lebahn |
| Cover | Hardcover |
| Size | 23 x 30 cm |
| Pages | 256 |
| Language(s) | German, English |
| ISBN | 978-3-96912-045-3 |
Layered Spacetimes in Large Formats
Sabine Hornig (b. 1964; lives and works in Berlin) has earned international acclaim with sculptures, photographs, and architectural interventions that interweave image, perspective, and space in distinctive ways. Her works feature translucent pictorial planes on glass panes; integrating these sculptural elements into the setting, she creates environments in which meaning unfolds as viewers allow their gazes—and themselves—to wander. For her new works, which engage with architecture, the artist superimposes enormous photographs on entire façades and concourses. This publication is the first to put the focus on Sabine Hornig’s art in three dimensions, detailing her process from the building of sculptural models and the combination with transparent photographic layers to her creation of works in public settings. It showcases her largest installation to date, at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, which she discusses in a conversation with Nicholas Baume, director and chief curator, Public Art Fund, New York.
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